Jericho: Season 4 Planned as Comic

After experiencing a successful third season in comic book form, IDW Publishing is bringing the fan-favorite television show Jericho back for a fourth.

Picking up after the events of Jericho: Season 3- Civil War, Jericho: Season 4 will last five issues and be written by Kalinda Vazquez with art by Andrew Currie and covers by Tim Bradstreet, under supervision by the show's writing staff. Issue #1 debuts in July.

"The greatest fans in the world came out strong for Jericho Season Three: Civil War and we are so thrilled to announce another installment of the comic book series," said Dan Shotz, Executive Producer of Jericho. "Jake and Hawkins have finally come home to Jericho and we want to personally thank those fans and IDW for allowing that to happen."

"Working so closely with the creators of the TV show has been a blast, their love of the material is contagious, and one of the reasons I think fans relate to it so fervently," said Senior Editor Scott Dunbier.

The news comes on the eve of the launch of Smallville Season 11, the much anticipated comic book continuation of the long running Superman show.

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